Yoko Shimomura

Yoko Shimomura, (下村 陽子) is a video game composer and pianist. She was the composer of the soundtrack for Live A Live and has also composed for many other games.

She is most noted for is Street Fighter II and Kingdom Hearts. She has worked in the video game industry since graduating in 1988. After joining Square in 1993, her first full project was for Live A Live where she composed the entire soundtrack for the game. She worked for Square from 1993 to 2002 and has since become a freelance composer.

Works

• Samurai Sword (1988) - Music
• Final Fight (1989) - Music
• Code Name: Viper (1990) - Music
• Gargoyle's Quest (1990) - Music Support
• Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (1990) - Music
• Mizushima Shinji no Daikoushien (1990) - Music
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) - Sound (as Shimo-P.)
• The King of Dragons (1991) - Music (as Shimopi)
• Breath of Fire (1993) - Music Composer (as Pii)
• Live A Live (1994) - Music Composer
• Front Mission (1995) - Music
• wikipedia:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) - Music
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) - Music
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004) - Music
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) - Music
• Heroes of Mana (2007) - Music
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Music Arrangement
• Luminous Arc 2 (2008) - Music
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) - Music
• Little King's Story (2009) - "Bolero" (M. Ravel) Arrangement
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009) - Music
• Xenoblade Chronicles (2010) - Music
• Line Attack Heroes (2010) - Music
• Kingdom Hearts Re: coded (2010) - Music
• Radiant Historia (2010) - Music, Theme Song -Historia- (Music & Lyrics)
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012) - Music
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) - Music
• Exstetra (2013) - Opening Theme Music
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) - Music Arrangement
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015) - Music
• Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (2017) - Music
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017) - Music
• Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD (2018) - Music
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Music Arrangement
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey (2018) - Music

External links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Twitter profile
• Yoko Shimomura on Wikipedia
• Yoko Shimomura on VGMdb.net
• Yoko Shimomura at IMDb
• Yoko Shimomura at RAWG.io